A bit about...
MAD LIBS LIVE! Photo: Maggie Richardson
Robin Rothstein is a produced and published playwright, screenwriter, commissioned book writer-lyricist, journalist, arts advocate and experienced business professional in the Broadway touring industry.
Her writing projects have been reviewed or featured in the New York Times, Playbill.com, Theatermania, New York Daily News and other media outlets, as well as covered on WNBC-TV, NY1 and Broadway.com. She has also written theater reviews for Time Out New York and is currently a columnist and editor at the Clyde Fitch Report as well as a contributing features writer for Broadway.com.
Robin is the book writer-lyricist of the goofy kids musical, Mad Libs Live!. She originated the idea of adapting the concept of the "World's Greatest Word Game", Mad Libs to the live stage, secured the rights from Penguin Random House, and ushered the project to an Off-Broadway run at New World Stages. Mad Libs Live! is licensed through Rodgers and Hammerstein (R&H) and the original cast album is available via the Grammy Award winning label, Broadway Records. For touring information, check out the Mad Libs Live! page at Off Broadway Touring.
On the business side, Robin is Director of Operations at Broadway Across America, one of the leading presenters and producers of live theatrical events in the United States and Canada. At BAA, Robin manages various complex facets of BAA's presenting engagements and has covered readings, workshops and productions for BAA's Producing Division. Prior to BAA, she was a booking associate at The Road Company where she was the responsible agent for the North American tour of famed illusionist, David Copperfield. Visit Robin's popular blog: The Road 101 that she created and managed between 2009-2014 for her expertise and insights on the world of commercial theater touring.
As a committed arts advocate, Robin is an appointee of New York City Council Member and Speaker Corey Johnson to Community Board 2, Manhattan (CB2) where she serves as Chair of the Arts and Institutions Committee. She is also on the advisory board of the historic Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City's longest continuously running Off-Broadway theater.
As an artist, Robin is a member of The Dramatists Guild, ASCAP and Actors' Equity Association. She is also a proud alumna of the University of Pennsylvania where she graduated with honors in English and a minor in Theater.
She lives in the West Village in a very small apartment.
Her writing projects have been reviewed or featured in the New York Times, Playbill.com, Theatermania, New York Daily News and other media outlets, as well as covered on WNBC-TV, NY1 and Broadway.com. She has also written theater reviews for Time Out New York and is currently a columnist and editor at the Clyde Fitch Report as well as a contributing features writer for Broadway.com.
Robin is the book writer-lyricist of the goofy kids musical, Mad Libs Live!. She originated the idea of adapting the concept of the "World's Greatest Word Game", Mad Libs to the live stage, secured the rights from Penguin Random House, and ushered the project to an Off-Broadway run at New World Stages. Mad Libs Live! is licensed through Rodgers and Hammerstein (R&H) and the original cast album is available via the Grammy Award winning label, Broadway Records. For touring information, check out the Mad Libs Live! page at Off Broadway Touring.
On the business side, Robin is Director of Operations at Broadway Across America, one of the leading presenters and producers of live theatrical events in the United States and Canada. At BAA, Robin manages various complex facets of BAA's presenting engagements and has covered readings, workshops and productions for BAA's Producing Division. Prior to BAA, she was a booking associate at The Road Company where she was the responsible agent for the North American tour of famed illusionist, David Copperfield. Visit Robin's popular blog: The Road 101 that she created and managed between 2009-2014 for her expertise and insights on the world of commercial theater touring.
As a committed arts advocate, Robin is an appointee of New York City Council Member and Speaker Corey Johnson to Community Board 2, Manhattan (CB2) where she serves as Chair of the Arts and Institutions Committee. She is also on the advisory board of the historic Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City's longest continuously running Off-Broadway theater.
As an artist, Robin is a member of The Dramatists Guild, ASCAP and Actors' Equity Association. She is also a proud alumna of the University of Pennsylvania where she graduated with honors in English and a minor in Theater.
She lives in the West Village in a very small apartment.